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H. LUBIN March 7, 1933.

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Filed July 1'7, 1931 lit/61:70.

INVENTOR Y My BY 7 ATTORNEYS,

WITNESES Patented Mar. 7, 1933 HARRY LUBIK,..OF soo'rn ORANGE, NEW JERSEY BOX.

Application filed July '17,

An object of theinvention is toprovide an inexpensive and durable crate or box which is constructed in a manner which Wlll permit anumber of the crates'to be packed 1I1 a small space. The crate while securely bound is without projections which might prevent one of the crates from sliding: into place between other crates. The binding means for the crate also serve to prevent a side or bottom 33 member of: the crate from being slid out of place to reach the interior of the crate,

Another object of the-inventionis to provide an inexpensive cover for the crate or box which while it is normally heldin place the construetion issuch that it may be conveniently removed. The crate or box has at the upper portions'of. itsends bearingmembers extending inwardly, and the cover which is resilient has transverse bearing members extending beyondthe sides of the cover intermediate of the ends. thereof, and transverse members spacedfrom the ends of the cover. This construction permits the disposal of an endofthe cover under a bearing member at an endof thecrate or box, and with the bearingmemberintermediate of the ends of the cover resting on the-sides of the crateorbox. The other end; of the cover may then be pressed downwardly and the. cover slid to a positionj where both its ends will be disposed under the bearing members on the crate or box.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification in which the preferred form of the invention is described.

In the drawing similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the views in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the crate or box.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective View illustrating the cover of the box.

Figure 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View of the crate or box showing the c ver in normal position, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional View illustrating how the cover may be removed from the crate or box.

1931. Serial No. 551,487.

By referring to the drawing, it; will be seen that the crate or box has abottom 10, sides 11, and ends 12, the crate or box having bearing members 13, which are disposed trans- W versely at the ends of the crate or box, the bearing members extending inwardly from the upper portions of the-said ends of the crateorbox. 5 v

It will also be seen by referring to Figurea of the drawing that the crate or .-box has. 93

members 14 which as shown in the drawing are disposedat the cornersof the crate or box, and which are spaced below the bearing. members 13. The ends lQare bound to the: sides 11, and the bottom .10 by binding wire. 15, there being preferably two of these bind-i. ing wires 15, which are disposed in the grooves 16 atthetop of the ends 12, in grooves 17 inthe sides 11 of the box, and in grooves 18in the bottom 100i thebox. f It will, there a. fore, be seen that. these binding wires 15 will serve to hold the ends, the sidesand thebot tom portions of the box together, and that it; will be impossible to slip a side. or bottom member out of position to reach the interior of the crated boxes, and. it will also be im-. possible to remove an end of the crate or box.

It will also be seen by referring to the drawing, and particularly Figure 2 of the drawing, that while the binding wires 15 serve to hold the parts of the crate or box in position, the binding wires15 do notproject-beyond the bottom, the sides, or the top. ofthe crate or box, and that, therefore, the binding wires 15 will: not prevent the ready movement of the crate or box in position by slipping thecrate orbox between adjacentcrates or boxes.

A The cover for the crate or box is illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing, and thiscover which is resilient is preferably made of Ion! w gitudinally extendingresilient members 19 which are spaced apartand which are connected by transverse members 20v and 21. The transverse member 2O is disposed between the ends of the cover and it has projecting ends 22 which normally engage, the upperportions of the sidesll of the crate. or box as illustrated Figurel of the drawing; When the cover is in normal position 1 it is disposed. aswis illustrated in Figured of the drawing, where the transverse members 21 are disposed substantially in alignment with the inner ends of the bearing members 13 on the crate or box, and the ends of the members 19 beyond the transverse members 21 are disposed below the said bearing members 13, the ends 22 of the transverse member 20 being disposed at the top of the sides 11 of the box as has been explained.

When it is desired to remove the cover of the crate or box, an end of the cover is pressed downwardly, so that the transverse member 21 at the said end 23 may be moved under a bearing member 13, when the cover is slipped in the direction of the said bearing member. This frees the opposite end 24 of the cover from the other bearing member 13 and permits the raising of the said end 24 of the cover, so that the end 23 may be removed from under the bearing member 13. The upper ends of the members 14 limit the downward movement of the ends 23 and 24 of the cover when the cover is adjusted in position, and also when the cover is removed from the crate or box.

When'the cover is to be adjusted on the crate or box, the cover is disposed in the position illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawing, when the end 24 of the cover is pressed downwardly and under the adjacent bearing member 13 until the transverse member 21 at the said end 24 of the cover is disposed under the said bearing member 13. hen this is done, the transverse member 21 of the other end 23 of the cover is moved from under the adjacent bearing member 13 and the cover assumes the position as illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawing.

What is claimed:

1. A crate or box having sides and ends and transverse bearing members extending inwardly from the upper portions of the ends of the crate or box, a resilient cover having a transverse member disposed intermediate of its ends and extending beyond the sides of the cover and engaging the sides of the crate or box, and transverse members spaced from the ends of the cover and normally disposed at the bearing members on the crate or box, with the ends of the cover beyond the last mentioned transverse members disposed under the said bearing members, and corner members in the box which are spaced from the undersides of the transverse bearing members to form guideways below the transverse bearing members which are terminated at their outer ends by the ends of the box, the guideways serving to receive the last mentioned transverse members with the cover adjacent thereto when the cover adjacent a transverse member is pressed downwardly and is moved in the direction of the adjacent end of the crate or box.

2. A cover for a crate or box having sides and ends and transverse bearing members extending inwardly from the upper portions of the ends of the crate or box and constituting flanges, including a resilient longitudinal cover member, said longitudinal mem ber being so constructed and arranged that its length is greater than the distance between the inner edges .of the flanges of the crate or box and the portions at each end extending beyond the distance between the inner edges of the flanges of the crate or box are approximately one-half the width of said flanges, an end batten transversely of and rigidly secured to said longitudinal member adjacent each end thereof, said end battens being of a length substantially equal to the width of said longitudinal member and spaced from the ends thereof approximately one-half the width of the flanges whereby the outer edges of said battens will be spaced apart the distance between the inner edges of the flanges, and an intermediate transverse batten of greater length than the inside width of the crate or box between the sides thereof, said intermediate batten being rigidly secured to the longitudinal member and having portions extending beyond said longitudinal member at each side thereof, said extending portions being adapted to rest upon the side walls of the crate or box,

the arrangement and construction being such that after one end of the longitudinal member with a portion of its end batten has been positioned under one of the flanges of the crate or box for the full width of the flange, the longitudinal member may be flexed sufliciently to cause the upper surface of the longitudinal member to be slightly below the lower surface of the opposite flange of the crate or box and then the cover caused to slip upon the extending portions of the intermediate batten to move the end batten from under the flange and the extending portion at the other end of the longitudinal member under the adjacent flange.

HARRY LUBIN. 

